Blasco Francisco Collaço (born 16 May 1931) is an Indian prelate of the Catholic Church who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, including 30 years as an apostolic nuncio.
[1] Studying from 1954 to 1957 at Rome's Pontifical Urban University, he earned a doctorate in canon law.
[3] He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1961 and filled assignments in Colombia, Australia (an office with responsibility for New Zealand and Oceania), France, Scandinavia, and Honduras.
[2] On 23 September 1977, Pope Paul VI named Apostolic Nuncio to Panama and a titular archbishop.
[2] On 26 July 1982, Pope John Paul II appointed him apostolic nuncio to the Dominican Republic.